Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had. If you wanted the database to handle more data and run faster, you ...

In the beginning, there were files. Later there were navigational databases based on structured files. Then there were IMS and CODASYL, and around 40 years ago we had some of the first relational ...

As companies choose the right database to build their services on for cloud-native services, the idea of a distributed database is a hot topic. Cockroach Labs Inc., which offers a distributed SQL ...

SQL Server supports quicker deployment across enterprise tools through integration services and hybrid system support.Oracle Database is structur ...

Flexible, expanding database services is the best solution for large-user-base companies that are scaling as they rapidly accelerate cloud and digital, says a database veteran. SkySQL and Xpand, the ...

The relational database management system (RDBMS) held a stranglehold on enterprise data management from the mid-1980s through to the mid-2000s. For 25 years the question was never “should I use a ...

A Distributed SQL database, such as CockroachDB, delivers effortless and elastic cloud scale while guaranteeing transactions. It is a database that reimagines the execution and storage layers while ...

Cary Breese, CEO, and Sumeet Sheokand, CTO, of GenieDB came by to introduce me to their company and their Database as a Service offering. Their demo of a distributed database running in three ...

Fauna, a database whose founders came from Twitter, is adding an important capability for enterprises seeking to operate global databases; a new "region groups" feature that enables enterprises to ...